40 CFR § 26.201 - To what does this subpart apply?

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identifier: "/us/cfr/t40/s26.201"
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legal_status: "authoritative_unofficial"
title: "40 CFR § 26.201 - To what does this subpart apply?"
title_number: 40
title_name: "Protection of Environment"
section_number: "26.201"
section_name: "To what does this subpart apply?"
chapter_name: "ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY"
subchapter_number: "A"
subchapter_name: "GENERAL"
part_number: "26"
part_name: "PROTECTION OF HUMAN SUBJECTS"
positive_law: false
currency: "2026-04-05"
last_updated: "2026-04-05"
format_version: "1.1.0"
generator: "[email protected]"
authority: "5 U.S.C. 301; 7 U.S.C. 136a(a) and 136w(a)(1); 21 U.S.C. 346a(e)(1)(C); sec. 201, Pub. L. 109-54, 119 Stat. 531; and 42 U.S.C. 300v-1(b)."
regulatory_source: "56 FR 28012, 28022, June 18, 1991, unless otherwise noted."
cfr_part: "26"
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# 26.201 To what does this subpart apply?

(a) This subpart applies to all research involving intentional exposure of any human subject who is a pregnant woman (and her fetus) or a child conducted or supported by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). This includes research conducted in EPA facilities by any person and research conducted in any facility by EPA employees.

(b) The requirements of this subpart are in addition to those imposed under the other subparts of this part.